Ironing-board



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W.- HAVERMAN.

` IRONING BoARD. No. 552,358. Patented D55. s1, 1895.

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ANDREW B.GFMMM.PHOTO'LUHOAWASHINETDN D.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.,

IVILLIAM HAVERMAN, OOLEVELAND, OHIO.

lRONlNG-BOARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 552,368, dated December31, 1895.

Application led 511110 24, 1895.

To @ZZ whom, it may concern.-

Beit known that I, WILLIAM HAVEEMAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Ironing-Boards; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same.

The object of my invention is to provide an ironing-board especiallyadapted for ironing shirts, shirt-waists, and the full sleeves thereof,and other articles of similar character; and the invention consists inthe construction and combination of the parts hereinafter described andclaimed.

In the drawings, Figure l is a plan view, and Fig. 2 a side elevation,of my improved ironing-board.

Referring to the parts by letters, A represents a board which forms thebase of the device, and B the board around which the garment is drawnand upon which it is intended that it shall be ironed. It is desirablethat the upper board shall be wider at one end than at the other,substantially as shown, and I prefer to make both boards of the sameshape and size.

C represents a curved leg which connects said boards and holds them insubstantially parallel relation with each other. The middle part of thisleg lies about midway between and approximately parallel with the twoboards. One end of the leg is curved upward and terminates in a platec', which is secured to the under side of the board B, and the other endof the leg is curved downward and terminates in a plate which is securedto the board A.

I am aware) that ironing-boards have been formed from two substantiallyparallel boards and a standard or leg which connects them together; butso far as I am aware the legs have been substantially straight andvertical. Vhen such a leg is placed at the middle of thev two boards,only a little less than half of the top board from either end can beused to Serial No. 553,899. (No model.)

advantage. When such a standard is placed at one end, as it has been,the end of the top board near which said standard is placed ispractically useless. It is desirable that the ends of the top boardshall be of dierent widths, substantially as shown, and that either endshall be capable of being used by pulling the garment over it, which asbefore suggested is impossible when the connecting standard is at oneend. The greater the part of the top board which can be brought intouse, when the garment is drawn on from either end, the greater is thepractical utility of the device.

W'ith my construction above described there is formed a loop c3 open tothe left between the top board and the part c of the leg, and the end ofthis loop is a greater or less distance to the right of the middle ofthe upper board. A similar loop c4, but open to the right, is formedbetween the lower board and the part c of the leg, and the end of thisloop is a greater or less distance to the left of the middle of the topboard. When a garment is drawn over the top board from the left, thepart of the garment below the board enters loop c3, and more than halfof the top board may be used. When the garment is drawn over the topboard from the right, the part of the garment below the board enters theloop c4, and more than half of the board may be used.

The peculiar construction of the connecting-leg renders the board moreuseful than any other board heretofore used.

Having described my invention, I claim- 'lhe combination of a baseboard, and an approximately parallel top board, with a connecting leghaving its middle portion substantially midway between and parallel withsaid boards, and having its ends curved respectively upward anddownward, and connected with said boards, for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

VILLIAM HAVERMAN.

Witnesses:

E. L. THURsToN, L. F. GRIswoLD.

